This first and historic issue of AutoRicerca, entirely in Italian, is dedicated to the so-called Vibrational State (VS): a fundamental energetic condition that can manifest itself (albeit rarely) spontaneously in human beings, but which can also be promoted voluntarily through the application of specific inner techniques (or technologies).

It should be noted that when we talk about VS, we are not referring exclusively to the reality of our physical body, but rather to our energetic body: a complex structure that mediates between the ordinary dense physical reality, which we experience through the bodily vehicle, and the extra-physical subtle realities that we experience through our additional vehicles of manifestation, for example in the context of so-called out-of-body experiences, near-death experiences, or other altered states of consciousness. Of course, these are still very controversial topics for so-called conventional science, which struggles to recognize the existence of these additional vehicles of manifestation, even as a working hypothesis.

The first of the three articles in this volume, written by Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi, illustrates some interesting parallels between the so-called consciential paradigm and the metaphysical vision underlying Yoga, proposing to integrate a particular yogic breathing technique, known as circular breathing, with the technique of Voluntary Energetic Longitudinal Oscillation (VELO), initially proposed by Waldo Vieira and later developed by Nanci Trivellato.

The second article, by Wagner Alegretti, examines the nature of VS from the point of view of its possible effects on the neurophysiology of the physical brain.

Finally, the third paper, by Nanci Trivellato, presents a detailed analysis of the energetics and somatics underlying the aforementioned VELO technique, probably the most effective energy methodology currently known for promoting profound dynamization and activation of the individual’s bioenergetic sphere.